diff --git a/charts/ccd-definition-store-api/values.preview.template.yaml b/charts/ccd-definition-store-api/values.preview.template.yaml
index fe3ff662f1..ad08e0dc06 100644
--- a/charts/ccd-definition-store-api/values.preview.template.yaml
+++ b/charts/ccd-definition-store-api/values.preview.template.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ java:
     # enable whenever required and provide host url to match with corresponding data-store-api
     ELASTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED: true
 
-    ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOST: ccd-data-store-api-pr-1260-es-master
+    ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOST: elastic-poc-ccd.es.privatelink.uksouth.azure.elastic-cloud.com
+    ELASTIC_SEARCH_PORT: 443
+    ELASTIC_SEARCH_SCHEME: https
 
     USER_PROFILE_HOST: http://ccd-user-profile-api-pr-399-java
 
diff --git a/elastic-search-support/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/ccd/definition/store/elastic/config/ElasticSearchConfiguration.java b/elastic-search-support/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/ccd/definition/store/elastic/config/ElasticSearchConfiguration.java
index 0196f5013f..7a53eccb7f 100644
--- a/elastic-search-support/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/ccd/definition/store/elastic/config/ElasticSearchConfiguration.java
+++ b/elastic-search-support/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/ccd/definition/store/elastic/config/ElasticSearchConfiguration.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClient;
+import org.elasticsearch.client.RestHighLevelClientBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -34,12 +35,20 @@ public class ElasticSearchConfiguration {
     @Bean
     @Scope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE)
     public RestHighLevelClient restHighLevelClient() {
-        RestClientBuilder builder = RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(config.getHost(), config.getPort()));
+        RestClientBuilder builder = RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(
+             config.getHost(), config.getPort(), config.getScheme()));
         RestClientBuilder.RequestConfigCallback requestConfigCallback = requestConfigBuilder ->
             requestConfigBuilder.setConnectTimeout(5000)
                 .setSocketTimeout(60000);
         builder.setRequestConfigCallback(requestConfigCallback);
-        return new RestHighLevelClient(builder);
+        RestClient restClient = builder.build();
+        // Create the HLRC
+        RestHighLevelClient hlrc = new RestHighLevelClientBuilder(restClient)
+            .setApiCompatibilityMode(true)
+            .build();
+        // hlrc and esClient share the same httpClient
+
+        return hlrc;
     }
 
     @Bean
diff --git a/elastic-search-support/src/test/resources/application-default.yml b/elastic-search-support/src/test/resources/application-default.yml
index d0125dd776..c736bd85ad 100644
--- a/elastic-search-support/src/test/resources/application-default.yml
+++ b/elastic-search-support/src/test/resources/application-default.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 elasticsearch:
-  host: localhost
-  port: 9200
-  scheme: http
+  host: ${ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOST:localhost}
+  port: ${ELASTIC_SEARCH_PORT:9200}
+  scheme: ${ELASTIC_SEARCH_SCHEME:http}
   enabled: true
   indexShards: 8
   indexShardsReplicas: 3
   failImportIfError: true
-  dynamic: true
+  dynamic: true
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